The Day I Tried To Live - from Soundgarden "Superunknown" Transcribed by Aaron G: aaronlg@hotmail.com is okay, it doesn't use the alternate tuning, which sounds way better and is necessary to produce Soundgarden's trademark sound (acheived by several strings playing the exact same note simultaneously). I used the old tab as a guideline, as well as the recording itself. The tuning was inspired by the tab for "My Wave"(Anthony Fitzpatrick). E -> B(down) B -> B(same) G -> B(down) D -> B(down) A -> E(down) E -> E(same)
Intro: this is the biggest difference. not only are the doubled notes important, but also the low open strings, which create those nice pedal tones you hear in the recording, but can't do in standard tuning. B|-15---14---12-15-14-9---9-9/12-12-0-| B|-15---14---12-15-14-9---9-9/12-12-0-| B|-15---14---12-15-14-9---9-9/12-12-0-| B|-0----0----0--0--0--9---9-9/12-12-0-| E|--------------------0---0-0----0--0-| E|------------------------------------| the slide guitar: B|-15\9--9-11-11\9--| B|-20\15--20\15-20\15-20\12--| Verse: B|-----------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------| B|-PM.........-12---PM......................-8---PM...............-| E|-12-12-12-12-12---12-11---10---9---8-8-8-8-8---7-6---5-5-5-5-5---| E|-12-12-12-12-12---12-11-0-10-0-9-0-8-8-8-8-8---7-6-0-5-5-5-5-5-0-| Pre-Chorus: very similar to verse B|-12-12-12-12-12---12-11p0-10p0-9p0-8-8-8-8-8---7-6p0-5-5-5-5-5-5-| B|-12-12-12-12-12---12-11p0-10p0-9p0-8-8-8-8-8---7-6p0-5-5-5-5-5-5-| B|-12-12-12-12-12---12-11p0-10p0-9p0-8-8-8-8-8---7-6p0-5-5-5-5-5-5-| B|-12-12-12-12-12---12-11p0-10p0-9p0-8-8-8-8-8---7-6p0-5-5-5-5-5-5-| E|-12-12-12-12-12---12-11p0-10p0-9p0-8-8-8-8-8---7-6p0-5-5-5-5-5-5-| E|-12-12-12-12-12---12-11p0-10p0-9p0-8-8-8-8-8---7-6p0-5-5-5-5-5-5-| Chorus: B|-15---14---12-15-14-8---8-8/11-11p0-15---14---12-15-14-9---9-9-12-12p0-| B|-15---14---12-15-14-8---8-8/11-11p0-15---14---12-15-14-9---9-9-12-12p0-| B|-15---14---12-15-14-8---8-8/11-11p0-15---14---12-15-14-9---9-9-12-12p0-| B|-15---14---12-15-14-8---8-8/11-11p0-15---14---12-15-14-9---9-9-12-12p0-| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| Post-Chorus: B|-9-9-9-9-9---9-8p0-7p0-6p0-5-5-5-5-5---4-3p0-2-2-2-2-2-2-| B|-9-9-9-9-9---9-8p0-7p0-6p0-5-5-5-5-5---4-3p0-2-2-2-2-2-2-| B|-9-9-9-9-9---9-8p0-7p0-6p0-5-5-5-5-5---4-3p0-2-2-2-2-2-2-| B|-9-9-9-9-9---9-8p0-7p0-6p0-5-5-5-5-5---4-3p0-2-2-2-2-2-2-| E|-9-9-9-9-9---9-8p0-7p0-6p0-5-5-5-5-5---4-3p0-2-2-2-2-2-2-| E|-9-9-9-9-9---9-8p0-7p0-6p0-5-5-5-5-5---4-3p0-2-2-2-2-2-2-| Interlude: there's a long pause, and then you do the intro at double pace that's it. -Aaron-
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